The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-24 00:00:00

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LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1838, The Norning Chronicle of to-day has the following paragraph in reply to Mr. COBDEN'S observations in the Mancheste r Chamber of Commerce on Mr. Pou- LE'ET THOMSON : " Several of the speakers at the meeting attacked with some asperity Mr. Poulett Thomson for not taking a more de cided p ar t w i t h regard to the Corn laws; but the Right lion. Gentleman is but one of the members of a Cabinet, and what ever his opinions individually may be, it is impossible that he should act against the determination of the Cabinet. What -the Manchester people bare to do is to raise a wind capable of snovirr, the Cabinet, when of course Mr. Peulett Thomson will be enabled to give effect to his own views." Of course our Contemporary is fully aware of " the !bearings of his own remark, and that he throws on the - whole Cabinet, in order to shield Mr. P. TircimsoN, the blame, whatever it may amount to, which Mr. COBDEN and the other manufacturers threw on Mr. THOMSON. This is a more serious matter, wo.ap prehrlnd, than our Contemporary is aware of, and we doat, when the business is properly understood, whether the Cabinet will be disposed to take the bur den which its advocate lays on it. Our Contemporary speaks very boldly against the the Corn-laws, describing the: landowners as selfish, and as planning a robbery of the other classes for their own separate benefit. He says they " have sapped the foundation" of the national prosperity; and he in dirates the coming of a serious " contest between the Pnen of business in the towns and the squires." Why does our Contemporary speak so earnestly ? What makes him just now use this strong language ? The extraordinary revelations relative to the decay of our trade, and the increase of foreign manufactures, made in the Chamber of Commerce, and with which he has enriched his own columns what do they amount to ? Proofs that our trade " with the most populous and civilised part of Europe," -was less by 7,400,000/. in the five years since 1832, than in the first five years subsequent to the war ; that our hosiery manufactures can no longer sustain a competition with that of Saxony, and the weavers of Nottingham are in a state of decay and deep distress— that the hardware of Birmingham and Wolverhampton .was gradually giving place to the cheaper productions of the Continent, which were first beating us out of the foreign markets, and then coming into ourown markets—that capitalists were breaking up their establishments, and were retiring to other countries ; the Messrs. GREG alone, have 'put, or are putting glown, 400 looms—that the supply of one article after another is gradually leaving us, that manufactories rivalling or even surpassing those of our country, are growing up under the direction of Englishmen in every part of Europe and America—that not a week passos but some skilful persons emigrate from our manufac turing towns—that the machinery they have erected abroad equals or surpasses our own—that the exports of manufactures from Russia,:Amorica,Franc e , Saxony, were increasing much more rapidly than those of Eng land ; and that, in short, owing to the Corn-laws, our actual prosperity and our relative superiority were ra pidly declining, threatening at no distant day to reduce England, according to her geographical dimensions, to the rank of a third-rate Power, and exposing her to be humiliated by her prosperous and aggrandizing rivals. All these, and a multitude of similar circum. stances, have been forced on the attention of our Con. temporary by the excellent speeches made by Messrs SMITH, COBDEN, GREG, and others, at Man chester. He has learned also, from that meeting, that things are fast coming to a crisis, and " that the vam pires who have been living on the blood of the nation must be shook off; if not strangled, or it will penis for ever. . But though the Chronicle and other Journals have only now learned these astounding facts from the speeches at Manchester, it is not possible that the Member for 'Manchester, who represents the free trade interest, who is also the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, and a Member of the Cabinet, can have been ignorant of them till now. If he have had to learn them from such a source, and at such a time, of what use, in the name of the public welfare, is the Right Honourable Gentleman and his Board ? Of what use are those returns he annually lays before Parliament, and employs Mr. PORTER to collect in ponderous volumes ; of what use are the Consuls who receive large salaries for the protection of our trade, and who continually make communications of the trade of other countries, which are published at the public expense ;of what use—if Mr. POULETT THOMSON be ignorant till now of the decay of our hosiery and hardware manufactures, in consequence of the Corn-laws, is he, and the extravagant Board over which h presides, to the public ? He can scarcely have been ignorant of these astounding facts, and he must, we presume, hav e called th e serious attention of the Cabinet, as is his bounden duty, to them more than once. If he have not, then the Cabinet have great right to complain of a most negligent or treacherous colle ague . If he have, and the Members have refused to listen to his statements ; if they have been determined, in spite of this information, to ruin our manufacturers, for the supposed behoof of then it was Mr. TriontsoN's the landed aristocracy, duty, as the Representative of the free trade interests of Manchester, and even as an honest Member of Parliament, "to have come out from amongst them." Tie owed it to his previous character, to his present situation, and t o hi s f uture pros p e cts, if he were not ignorant of these facts, to have laid them before the Ministers, and if they refused to act on them to have laid them before the public by the weight of his audio- rite, and to at once have separated himself from a Ministry which, on such a supposition, was wilfully ruining the country. Either Mr. THOMSON was acquainted with these facts, or he was not. If he were not, he is from that ignorance utterly unfit to fill his present situation. If he were, he either communi- sated those facts to the Cabinet or he did not. If he did, and the Cabinet persisted in opposing his ♦iews, we can imagine no excuse, but one that stamps him as utterly despicable, for remaining a member of such a Cabinet ; if he did not, we can imagine no excuse for his heartless neglect of his duty or his treachery to his colleagues. The Chronicle would imply, in order to excuse Mr. THOMSON, that he knew these facts, and communi cated them to the Cabinet, and would then throw on its shoulders the blame of knowingly and wilfully sacrificing the best interests of the country to the " selfish Aristocracy who have been planning schemes of robbery." In that case Mr. THOMSON would only deserve the miserable character we as cribed to him on Saturday ; and the whole Cabinet would share with him the greater guilt of neglecting their duty and betraying the country. The Chronicle may take which side of the alternative it pleases; for our part, we are induced to believe that the rest of the Cabinet should be exonerated, and that the whole of the neglect, treachery, and guilt should be ascribed to Mr. POULETT THOMSON. Mr. HARTWELL, whose speech at the meeting at Theobald's-road, we quoted on Friday, has addressed a letter to us giving some details concerning the condi tion of the agricultural labourers in Dorsetshire which, for the honour of the individuals implicated, and for the general credit of the clergy and gentry of that county, we hope are not true. At present we shall make no comment whatever on the letter, which is to us, and will be to -the public, full of painful interest. Our duty requires us, by publishing it, to make the public aware of the manner in which the labourers assert they are trea tcd by Poor-law guardians, gentlemen farmers, overseers, and magistrates. But, publishing the letter which involves serious charges against individuals, we shall be equally ready to publish any contradiction of those charges or any vindication of themselves which the gentlemen mentioned may think proper to transmit to us. No persons arc more zealous advocates than ourselves of the principle of free and unrestricted com petition in every branch of buying and selling, includ ing the buying and selling of labour. In the present case that principle seems to be violated by the farmers, and if it be not we must remind them, that the law to keep up the price of bread involves the sacrifice of duing what they like with their own. Living on the produce of a tax, that which they call their pro perty truly belongs to the State, the humble slaves of which they are made by the Corn-laws. We see, from the reports of the different Ward motes held on Friday, that little or nothing is to be expected in the support of Corporation Reform from the present body of Municipal Electors. Matters go on in the same jog-trot manner as usual ; and, with hardly an exception, the same representatives, not withstanding their indolence and neglect of the inte rests of the citizens at large, are re-elected. In one or two wards only was an attempt made to introduce the subject of Reform. In Aldersgate Ward a spirited discussion ensued, which has been postponed • till the conclusion of the polling for Common Coun- cif-men. In Portsoken and in Walbrook, reso lutions condemnatory of the doings of the Corpo rators, and setting forth the necessity of civic Reform, were passed. Mr. TRAVERS, the Chairman of the City of London Reform Club, proposed the resolutions in the last mentioned Ward, .and, to our great surprise, carried them unanimously. Why was not the same course pursued at all the wards ? Because the electors and the elected, we fear, as things arc at present, play into each other's hands. It is not the interest of the present small body of electors that their number should be increased. There would not be the same chance fur jobs. In Langbourn Ward, several new candidates were proposed, and, on a show of hands, rejected. A poll was demanded and taken on Saturday, but what the result was we have not yet learned. Mr. JOHN NICHOLSON, one of the candidates, has published an excellent letter to the Ward Electors. This gentle tleman reminds them of an important truth, which seems, if they ever knew it, to have been obliterated from their memories; namely, that " the wealth, power, and prosperity of the City of London, must depend on. the conduct of the citizens in choosing men fit to do the work of supporting all the great interests connected with its commerce and shipping, and especially in protecting the local and individual interests of all the citizens." Had the electors acted upon this principle, the inhabitants of the City would not now have to complain of the coal monopoly, the gas monopoly, the Postage grievance —which falls upon London and its environs with a pressure equal to 700,0001. per annum—and many other notorious abuses, which, as Mr. NICHOLSON justly remarks, would require only to be named in the Court of Co►nmon Council, properly chosen, in order to be instantly removed. We recommended to our readers, on Saturday, the excellent and conclusive speech of Mr. K. H. GREG, at Manchester, and we now beg leave to call their at tention to the following remarks of the Manchester Times, which will inform them, amongst other things, who this Mr. R. H. GREG iS : The proceedings of these :two meetings of the Cham. ber we consider to be the most important of any meet ing ever held in this town. : Here were assembled our most eminent merchants and manufacturers, w h o , after a d e b a t e o f fi ve hours, at their first meeting, adjourned their discussion for a week, to. give time for reflection and consideration upon the course they should pursue, and then, after another debate of five hours duration, so. lemnly (for no other term will convey to our readers so correctly the deep interest manifested by the Chambe r d ur i ng the whole of their two long sittings) declaring by a majority of at least six to one, that unless the Corn-laws be immediately abolished the destruction of our manufactures is inevitable. This decla ration from such a body, composed of men of all political shades of opinion, cannot pass unheeded e i t h er b y the Govern ment or the Legislature ; noris the declaration of their opinion less important, that the great and peaceful principle of Free trade on the broadest scale is the only security for our manu facturing prosperity and the welfare of every portion of the community. _ We particularly direct attention to Mr. R. H. Greg's speech. When a man of his character and intelligence, and who is also the largest spinner and manufacturer in this country* talks of carrying his capital and skill to foreign lands, from the belief that the repeal of the Corn-laws has been so long delayed that our manufactures must gradually sink into ruin, it is alarming in the highest degree, and demands renewed energy and exertion on the part of all those whose property is sunk In these establishments obtain, without delay, the removal of the unjust, oppressive, and ini quitous Corn-laws. - A copy of our Paper will be serf to each of her Majesty's Ministers. They shall not have the opportunity of pleading ignorance of what is passing here. The question for their consideration lies in a narrow compass—the ruin of our manu factures, or the repeal of the Corn-laws. Which will they choose ? • We believe Mr. Greg's firm manufacture 100th part of all .he cotton imported into Great Britain. The Speech of her Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of PORTUGAL at the opening of the Session of the Cortes on the 9th inst., which will be found in another part of The Sun, almost rivals the PuEsi- DENT'S Message in the happy art of saying nothing, or next to noticing, in the greatest possible number of Words. Upon two points only is her MAJESTY Sim- Ply explicit—namely, in announcing the birth of her second son, and in notifying the formation of a►► alliance with the sage and potent OTrro, King of Greece. It is a great consolation to a nation like Portugal to know, thdt:whatever be tl►e state of her revenues, there is no danger to be apprehended of a want of Princes to appropriate them. We pity the wretch who would not derive happiness from the re flection that however miserable his own condition, still the Royat line was so flourishing as to hold out hopes of 'multiplied demands upon his scanty resources. Of the importance of a friendly alliance with the King of GREECE, it is un necessary to offer a single observation. All we need here say is, that if King n THO be faithfully repre sented at the Court of Lisbon, her most faithful MA- J EsTY can never want opportunities for the indulgence of a taste for the ridiculous. The QUEEN indulges the hope of a speedy adjust ment of all differences with the Holy Sec. Her MA JESTY did the same two years ago, so that this para graph is not remarkable for its novelty. We, how ever, wish for the sake of the Portuguese nation, that this question was amicably settled, as it would set at rest the pretensions of the Miguelitcs—so detrimental to the national interests at home or abroad. The paragragh relative to the ❑on-conclusion of a treaty with England for the suppression of the Slave Trade, is rather framed with a view Ito spin out idle negociations, than to accelerate the put_ ting a stop to that infamous traffic. Her Majesty in introducing the question of the " respect due to the contracting parties," intimates pretty plainly that Por tugal objects to the acknowledgment of a right of search—without which all slave-trade abolition treaties with Portugal are preposterous. The apparent anxiety of the Portuguese Government to abolish the slave traffic, in conjunction with France and England, is wholly feigned ; and therefore our Government should take decisive steps for cutting short negociations de signed to be in terminable. The paragraph on the subject of the war in Spai n is quite'laconic. Not a syllable about the Quadruple Treaty, nor a word of sympathy for any object but the person of her Most Catholic MAJESTY ! ` Phis is certainly taking the affair of a war on the Portuguese frontier as coolly as possible. Her Majesty of Pon- TUGAL could hardly allude with more indifference to an insurrection in the Sandwich Hands. of the Roca Among the " hopes" and '' trusts" Speech, we observe one for certain improve ments in the revenue before the end of the en suing year. We unite with her MAJPsTy in de siring its real►zation ; though a year is a very long time to look forward to in the working of any system in Portugal. Before alluding to tl►e other financial improvements announced in the speech, we shall await the arrival of some confirmatory evidence. We regret that, in alluding to the national creditors, her MAJESTY was not advised to recommend to the especial consideration of the Cortes the claims of the brave, but hitherto shamefully neglected foreigners, by whose swords she was seated upon the throne of Portugal. We direct the attention of the Rate-payers of the county of Middlesex to the manoeuvre by which the Macristrates, as is shown in the proceedings at the Session-house in another column, intend to attempt to defeat the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the appeal of the Parish of St. George, Hanover square, against the county rate. We are inclined to think it one of the grossest insults ever offered to the majesty of the law, which, even upon the ex-parte statement supplied by the Justices themselves, we ever remember to have seen ; for in their case to the AT TORNEY-GENERAL they say, " the consequence of the judgment ought no doubt to have been that the rate should be quashed." We witnessed on Friday last this same Sergeant ADAMS, Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates (who, was the mouth-piece of the Magistrates in an nouncing this determination of his colleagues, as to the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench), sentence to transportation several individuals to periods varying up to ten years. We have had to announce the frequent " mistakes" of the Middlesex Magistrates, and we are confident that every honest man will rejoice if this manceuvre is another mistake. The Paris Journals of Friday have reached us, but those of Saturday have not yet arrived, owing to the stormy state of the weather. Friday's Papers bring the progress of the Votes in the Chamber of Dvuties on Thursday, for the election of Vice-Presidents. Of t he Deputies 368 voted ; and the requisite majority being 185, the first scrutiny ran thus : M. Calmon M. Passy lB9 Al. Duchatel AI. Odillon Barrot Al. Jacqueminot M. Cunin Gridaine l6B M. Delessert M. Tcste M. Dcsabes Messrs. Calmon, Passy, and Duchatel were declared Vice- Presidents. These three alone having had the requisite majority, another ballot took place, which gave to— M. Barrot M. Cunin Gridaine Al. Jacqueminot M. Teste 9 This ballot being null, a third took place on Friday —the Ministers taking all possible pains to defeat M. ODILLON BAItROT, when there appeared : For AI. Carlin Gridaine 198 votes. M. Barrot 162 Cunin Gridaine was accordingly declared fourth Vice- President. 160 votes The result of these elections proves that the Ministers can no longer count upon a majority in the Chambers. A change of system or of men is therefore inevitable. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIs. DEcEmßrut '2 I Five per Cents.. 100 r. Isc 30c. 50c. 40c.: Latest Prices---109f. Four per Cents., 101 E 60c. 1 hie,. per Cents., 78r. 15c. 25c. 50c. 60c Ditto 7811 Bank Actions, 2,080 f. Ditto 2 , 68 . 1. • !tome fie Naples, 98f. Bf. 3 - c. 50c Roman Five per Cents., 160 y, IA 100 Ditto 100 Spanish Actives, 16 1514 Belgian Five per Cents., 96 Belgian; l'hree per Cents., 67f. 50c. 68f. 25c. Belgian Bank, WE 550 f. 570 f. :75f Ditto 59011 Hay tian Loan. 370 f. EX CH SSW It ON LONDON.—One MUM h,paper,.sf. 22%c ; m oney, 25f. 20c; P.iree months, paper, 251. 5c ; money, 25 , . 5 : BELGIAN UNDS—BaussELs, DEC. 22 Actual Debt, 2!q per Cent. ~ Rothschild's Lain; 5 per Cent. 9B Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.......... 8 6 3 per Cent, — Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent -- Society of Commerce, 41i, per Cent. l3O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.. ........... —Brussels Papers, Dec. 2'2. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-.-VINNNA, DEC. :4 Five per Cents. Metalliques 107% Fottr per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares -- Af i gemcitzeZeituv. Dec. If. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Mc. 18. BIBS - . Money. A„ utiiiin Metariques, 5 per relit. Dir•o ditto .i per cvnt. Ditto mitt° 21 per cent - Ditto Bank shares l4BO 1 , ,,77 . A.Ogte-ttrissioir Loan 10614 100 1 4 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent L 2% s 102 V I Russian inscription, Dope anu CO., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent Dutch 11Y, per Cciits. . 5 2 ,44 52;4 Ditto .siTr Cents 99 _ Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per rtnitS 7 114 71 1 4 Norwegian Loan of 3834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent — _ Greek I per cents. HOW, guaranteed by France Britsroi., SUGAR MARKET.—DEC. 21,--Sugars are looking d ow nwards, as we have along anticipated : we have rep ea t e dly an d emphatically stated that there was nothing, in the operation of themeasure which ex ti ngu i s h e d slavery in ev e ry p ar t of the British dominions that justified the panic which, for a time, shook our market, and caused prices to he realised that there were no c i rcumstances tki justify. We knew, from an authority that h a d never de ceived us, that the accounts, industriously p romu l gated in this country, of the insubordination of the emancipated slaves were grossly exaggerated, and that the rumours of probable failure in the future crops were fallacious. The reduction of the bounty, too, as must have b een expected, had an important influence in keeping sugars d nwn , I t now turns out that the rise was the fruit of speculation, fur which there was never any smand reason ; and prices are therefore again tending to their proper level. Some few sales may have been recently effected ; but the com plexion of the market is flat, and there is little general business.—Bristol Mercury. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—The Message has, for the last six years, been brought to us by the New York sail ing packet Independence, Cnptain Nye. That vessel is now daily looked for in the . Mersey, but our own steam vessel, the Liverpool, has in the present instance, interfered with her long-established prerogative. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 18, CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. BREAD-STR The following is the close of P. m. The first twelve rcturne( Mr. W. Kipling John Lawrence Deputy Bridge N. Maugham W. Laurence . _ EE T WARD. W. Davison T. Cope J. Battom C. Williams J. P. Buckland Field Wade Simalcwortli M. Blackmore FARRINGDON WITHOUT-ELEC TION OF COMMON COUNCILMEN. ;andidate. HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY ( THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals thismorning:-1 French and 2 Ostend mails, one Dutch ; also a mail from Malta, sailed on the 29th Novem cer, Gibraltar Dec. 13, Cadiz Dec. 14, Lisbon Dec. 17, Oporto 'Dec. 18, and Vigo Dec. 18. Ship letters from Madeira and Honduras, and from Calcutta to 9th July. We have received Malta Papers to the 29th Nov. The news from Persia by this route is very satisfactory according to the Journal of Smyrna, which quotes letters from Tabrez, stating that the Shah of Persia, having raised the siege of Herat, had marched to Meschid, with all his household, and a great portion of his troops, and was expected in his capital about the middle of November. EGYPT.—A letter from Alexandria mentions that the regular transports and communications were being rapidly organised between Cairo and Suez. The vehicles destined for the travellers, had arrived from England, and were sent on to Cairo ; their construction was comfortable and com modious. In the centre of the Desert, half-way between Cairo and Suez, the Pasha had not only given his consent to the erection of an inn, but would also assist in expediting the construction of an establishment. We have received the Gibraltar chronicles to the 13th December ; the information they contain from Spain has been anticipated by the French Papers. We have received the .Journal of Commerce, of Antwerp, of yesterday's date, which contains the following from Brus sels, of Dec. 22, two o'clock in the afternoon. " Nothing has as yet been decided in respect to the Belgian Bank, but the panic has ceased, and the Bourse is more (tabu?' The Dutch Journals state that France has offered, in the name of Belgium, fifty millions for the cession of Lim burg and Luxembourg. This offer has not even been taken into consideration by the Conference. Amsterdam Prices of the :;Ist De . e. per Cents.,s3;i ; Five per Cents., 100-1 ; Spanish, 15 18-16. The Belgian Bank notes arc selling at about from 5 to 10 discount. - TIIE FUNDS. The information received tbis morning of most import ance is the Queen of Portugal's Speech, the contents of which will be found in another part of the Paper. The most important points it contains relate to the slave trade and the revenue. It also states that the debt contracted in foreign countries, whose dividends have not been able to be Paid since the second half of 1837, is a subject of the highest importance, in which the national honour and the credit of Go vernment are pledged. A Special Commission was charged to Propose the means which it might judge most eli gible for the punctual fulfilment of this change ; and it is hoped that suitable proposals will be shortly presented by the proper Minister. The Queen of Portugal's Speech has had the effect of improving Portuguese Stock this morning 1 per cent., by which it is looked upon in a favourable light. Consols opened at. the same quotations as they closed on Saturday, 931 for the Account ; Reduced, 924 ; Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; Bank Stock, 2021 2033- ; India Bonds, 61 63. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 14 ; Portuguese, 30i ; Three per Cents., 19A- 20 ; I 3 razillian, 76,1 77i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541 55. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Bank Stock °Or) '2 l ' India Stock - • As 3 per Cent. Red. 93 2% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons — South Sea Stock. — :134 per Cent. .. 100% Old Annuities 9039 Ditto Red. IO O IA li New Ditto New 334 per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-16% Ditto Small 63 (15 pm Oct. 111, 1859 14% 11-10 Ditto Commercial pin. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised Jail. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 188(1 - India Stock for Account — Jan. 5. 1870 - Consols for Account 93% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Otto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account • Columbian Bonds, 1824 — , Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — , Ditto Accor 4t, l6li % Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. -f --e. pit' , Bonds, 1825 — —-- 4 ter cent.......... C er cent. ...... ... —f. —.- _ , ',-, pUIIE. Ditto Account -- . Exchange , 1 1, 1,-,ican Bonds, 5 per Ce11i.... —f. —c. • Ditto Account — I Dutch, 24 per cent. 54% Ditto, 6 per Cent. — I Ditto Account 54% Ditto Account Neapolitan i Ditto Acc0unt........ ......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5/. pin.) 20 —. Ditto St. John del Rey l4 4 7 Cepiapo 13% ri t e " United Mexican (issued at 21. pm.) ' 4it 1 ri i Great Western Railway Company ... ........ ..... 65 75% Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway , 9 71 .04ig PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 20. 3 per Cent. Consols 3% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ...... 3% por Cent. Debentures - Batik Mock .... ............... Royal Canal Stock t; ra 11 tl Canal Stock - HALF-PAST ONE. Per Sh v Consols may be quoted a shade better than in the early part of the morning-93 ; 1 for the Account ; Reduced reached 93 at 92,1-. The bad weather causes a great tini ness in the city, both in respect to commercial transac tions and operations in the Funds. The Government brokers purchased about 4,000 to 5,000 Reduced at 93. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; Bank Stock, 2021 ; India Bonds, 61 63. In the Foreign Market some business has been done in Portuguese and Spanish Stocks. Spanish Active a shade higher, 16+ a ; Portuguese, 292- 301 ; Brazilian, 763 77 ; Colombian, 25+ ; Mexican, 22 23 ; Belgian, 98 99; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 548 ; Five per Cents., 1001 B._ To-morrow, being Christmas-day, it will be a close holiday in the city, THREE O'CLOCK Consols for th© Account. Mi. The Countess Annesley, relict of the late Earl An nesley, was safely delivered of a posthumous son, at Gres ham's-terrace, Kingstown, on Monday last. Her Ladyship has an infant family of several children, including the youth ful Earl by her late Lord, who died at Cheltenham in the summer. f the poll, on Saturday, at four .d 46 46 45 ...... 45 44 30 Mr. KIPLING returned thanks for the honour they had done him, and would use every means in his power to serve them. Mr. JOITN LAWRENCE was received with hearty cheers. He made a most eloquent speech. Mr. L. is a most decided favourite. Deputy BRIDGE returned thanks. Mr. MA UGHAM returned — thanks - in a few words. Mr. W. LAWRENCE spoke with great effect, and he deserves great credit for the interest he has taken respecting the Cor poration Charities. Mr. SHOTTLEWORTH returned thanks in a few eloquent re marks ; as did also Mr. BLACKMORE. Mr. Davison was absent in the country, Mr. COPS and Mr. BATTOM thanked the electors for the honour done them. Mr. BUCKLAND did not consider this a political question, and should endeavour so to act as to do them credit for electing him, and to show the eleators he was worthy of their support. Mr. WILLIAMS came forward to return thanks, and was se ceived with cheers. He thanked the ward most sincerely for the honour conferred on him by electidg him one of their representatives in the Court of Common Council. He said, there were many gentlemen in the ward of longer standing and of much greater ability than he (Mr. W.) laid any claim to, but what he wanted in ability, he would endeavour to make up by zeal and honesty.—( Cheers.) A good deal had been said during the election about politics. Now he ( Mr. W.), though belonging to the liberal party, did not con. cider this a political office or a party question. The party he would support would be those who did the best for their fellow citizens and fellow.naen.—( Loud cheers.) Such were his party feelings ; and be could only sly in conclusion, that if it ever lay in his power to be of the smallest service to any individual in the ward of Bread-street, or in the city of London, be they Whig, Tory, or Radical, they should not weigh him in the balance and find him wanting. He begged again to thank them most sincerely for the high honour con ferred on him, and said that he should endeavour to do credit both to those gentlemen who had brought him forivard and to those who had so kindly suppbrted him.—(Loud cheers.) FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL-41114 DAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. This Ward returns 16. Mr. Taylor Mr. Obbard 233 Mr. Beckwith Mr. Edkins Mr. Burn Mr. Bedford 245 Mr. Price, 2ll Mr. Anderton Mr. Blacket 241 Mr. Savage Mr. Charles MI% Figgins 23 0" * New c QUEEN'S BENClL—('l'llis DAY.) IMPORTANT TO BANKFRS.—HOPPE V. COCKS AND CO. Sir F. POLLOCK, with whom was Mr. WIGHTMAN, stated the case. The action was one of rather a novel description, brought by the plaintiff, a merchant carrying on business in London, against Messrs. Cocks,. Biddulph and Co., the bankers, of Charine , cross, to recover the amount of a bank p os t bill for 601., left with the defendants for ac .ceptance. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to detail the circumstances connected with the transaction as they subsequently appeared in evidence. Joseph Meek—l am a commercial traveller, and in the beginning of April last I was at Ross, in Hereford shire, doing business for the plaintiff. On the 6th of April I sent the plaintiff a bank post bill drawn by Bromwich and Co., bankers there, upon the defendants, at seven days' sight, for 601. George Thompson--I have been in the plaintiff's em ployment for four or five years. He keeps his cash in the Bank of England. On the 12th of April I took a bank post bill for 601. to the Bank. The clerk at the bill office told me it must go to Cocks and Co., for acceptance. I told Mr. Hoppe, and he gave it in my presence to John Moore. He told Moore to take it to Cocks and Co., Char ing -cross, and leave it for acceptance. Mr. Hoppe is a boot and shoe-maker, and Moore is a shopman of his. John Moore—l hare been four or five years in employment. I went to Cocks and Co. on the 12th of April with a bank post bill for 601., No. 696. Mr. Hoppe's name was on it. I gave it to a clerk on the right hand side of the office, and he returned it after looking at it on both sides, and told me to put it into a box on the left hand of the door. I did so, and saw it drop down. I went to the clerk then, and asked when I should call for it. He said, Call to-morrow, I mean Saturday, for to-morrow will be Good Friday." I called on the following Tuesday with a slip of paper from Mr. Hoppe, describing the bill. I took it to the same clerk, whose name is Green. He told me to apply on the other side of the office. I did so, and they said they could not find it. They told me to bring the par ticulars. Mr. Hoppe gave me the letter of Meek, which contained the particulars of the bill. They asked me who told me to hare it ; and I said Mr. Green, and pointed him out. Green told me they must have it, and desired them to look again. He also went and looked him self. I did not get the bill. I have taken bills to other bankers before, for a former employer. I never was at Cocks and Co.'s before. I told the clerks on the Tues day, when I called for the bill, that I bad put it into Mr. Green's hands. I saw the amount, and number of the bill, and also Bromwich and Co.'s name on it when I left it on the 12th April. The bill-box is over the counter, and if it had not dropped down into the box, it would have fallen on the counter. Mr. Pearce, Mr. Hoppe's foreman, went with me on the following day, Wednesday, to the de fendants. William Pearce—l have been for some years in plain tiff's employment. He is in a large way of business. I went on Wednesday, 18th April, to the defendant's, and took a letter from Mr. Hoppe. When I brought the letter they asked me when the bill had been left, and they said it could not he found. Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS addressed the Jury for the defen dants. They had thought it right to defend the action, be cause they were satisfied that the bill had never come into their possession at all. It was quite impossible if the bill had been put into the acceptance box, that it would not have been forthcoming the following day. 'rho Learned Counsel then described the course adopted by the bank with respect to bills left for acceptance. He would produce to them the clerk whose duty it was to exa mine these bills, and his book, in which they were entered, would also be laid before the Jury, and he would satisfy them that no such bill had been left there. The defendants were ready to do everything that was fair, for they offered to pay the 601. to Mr. Hoppe if he would give them an indemnity. The Learned Counsel concluded an able and ingenious speech by calling the following witnesses : John Pybus--I am a clerk in the defendant's banking house. It is my duty to remove the bills left each day for acceptance.—(Witness described the acceptance-box and the manner in which these bills are disposed of by the bank.) I have been two years at Messrs. Cocks. I never was in a banking -house before. It is my duty to collect all the bills each evening, and put them into another box, which is left each night in the strongroom. When Igo to the accept ance box in the evening, to take out the bills, I find the drawer unlocked. I make no list of the bills, nor do I count them when I take them out. Lord DENMAN—Pray, how old are you, Sir ?—I am nineteen. Charles Sugars—l am clerk to the defendants, I have been twenty-eight years in their employment, and go to the office at nine, or shortly after it, in the morning, and my first business is to enter the bills left for acceptance the previous day. On the 14th of. April, I entered' all I found in the box, but no bill of the description alluded to is entered. The entering-book is not dated day after day ; it is merely a general entry of all bills.' The date of presentation would be entered in the ledger. 1 cannot show the entry of any bill on the 14th April. The ledger would show that, but it is not here. The Messrs. Bromwich advise once or twice a week with respect to bills. .By a Juror—There was advice of this particular bill. If the bill was not presented till the 12th, the banking house would have previously had notice of the bill. Mr. Herbert keeps Browich's account; he is not here. If :the bill had been left in that drawer I should have entered it. By a Juror-.—l have no recollection of a bill having been lost on any former occasion. John Green—l have been four years in the defendant's employment as clerk. I am frequently asked where bills are to be left for acceptance. It is no part of my duty to look at them, but I may have some times done so by chance. A man, on the Tuesday morning, pointed me out as the person who told him where to put the hill, which was quite correct, as I did show some person the box on the 12th. By the COURT—I have no recollection whether the man said, at the time, that I had looked at the bill. William Hare, cashier--I never saw the bill in question. I have no recollection of a bill having been lost. I accom pany one of the partners every morning to the strong. room, to take out the hills, Bank notes, &c. I cannot say whether I have accepted the bill in question or not. I cannot tell from the number of hills laid before me. It depends upon the accuracy of others, but I have no check whatever, as to the number of bills lam to accept. If the regular mark was made upon the bill by any clerk whose writing I knew, I would at once accept it. Any person calling for the bill, and describing it a bill for 601., No. 696, would, I have no doubt, receive it. H. W. Herbert—l am clerk in the defendant's banking house. I have the ledger in which bills are next day entered when left for acceptance. There is no entry on the 14th April of the bill in question. I made the entries from the bills, which were brought me on that day by Mr. Sugars. When the bills are entered I take them to Mr. Hare for acceptance. H. A. Rayamnd, attorney for the defendant.— I wrote to the plaintiff tendering 60/. on receiving a full indemnity. Sir F. PoLLocx replied, but was interrupted by the jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 601. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ISlll,—Knowing y our co l umns arc open to all—rich or poor—l take the liberty of addressing a few lines to you on a subject which I have delayed some days, in the expecta tion that some person, more capable than mvsnlC —„„1.1 1,.‘,..,..:—.1 _t__.. I —...,0tv about. tO relate, namely— A great deal has been said of late about Sunday trading, and Sabbath breaking, &c., perhaps justly so. To put a stop to this, spies and informers, dressed much like the police, have been at work, harrassing and annoying the poor fruit sellers, chandler, and other poor shopkeers, who dare profane the Sabbath day by their worldly calling, pro bably many of them from sheer necessity, or their goods would perish, and their children crying for bread. lam aware many will say that excuse won't do. But what will they say, when told there was an exhibition open, on Sun day the 16th instant, at the Repository in Goswell-street, of beasts, sheep, pigs, &e., admittance one shilling each person, which, I trust, was by the order of the President and Committee of the Smithfield Cattle Club, or by their sanction ? Where were the informers on that occasion— and also the officers for the suppression of vice ? It appears almost as if they were instructed not to see any thing be kyond a chandler's shop or fruit stall. I don't presume to now how the admittance money was, or is to be applied. If for the benefit of the Club, I cannot describe it anything more or less than a wilful wicked desecration of the Sabbath day, by persons whose duty it is to set a better example. and ought to be suppressed in future. AN ENEMY TO HYPOCRISY. St. Luke's, Middlesex, Dec. 22. 1838. We regret to announce that the demise of the Hon. Captain William Waldegrave, brother and heir pre sumptive to Lord Radstock, on Thursday last. The gallant officer was in his 43d yeAr, and was made post in 1828. C.:ptain Waldegrave was the youngest son of William, the first Lord Radstock, and the present dowager Lady. The Hon. Miss Rolle, sister of the venerable Lord Rolle, we are told is lying dangerously ill at Bicton L o d ge, Sidmouth. Lord and Lady Rolle intended to have given afete at Bicton next month, but it has been postponed in consequence of Miss Rolle's indisposition. The Lord Bishop of Lineolu has, unsolicited, pre sented the munificent donation of 8001. towards the erec tion and endowment of a chapel of ewe at tiolheach Fen Ends, in his Lordship's diocese. BRIGHTON-SUNDAY. Yesterday was so wet a day that none of the Roy& Family left the Pavilion, excepting her Majesty, wh o merely drove to the riding-school attached to the Palace , and there rode on horseback for a considerable time. Th e Queen was attended by the Hon. Mrs. Brand, 11 °, 11 ' Miss Pitt, B aroness L e h zen , H on. Mi ss M ur ray, M ISS Quentin, Viscount Torrington, the Hon. C. A. Mu rr y' Colon e l B uc kl ey , Si r G. Quentin, and the Hon. M a i °.t. Keppel. The Princess Augusta, attended by The guests dined with the Queen yesterday evening. invited to meet her Royal Highness were the Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Earl of Chichester, Lord and Lady Rivers, and Mr. Brand. Lance rs Both her Majesty's and the band of the 12th L were in attendance. The Queen this morning attended divine worship at t e , Royal Chapel. In the Rofal closet with her Mai i el'f, were the Duchess of Kent and Baroness Lehzen. 1 ; e ,„" Majesty was attended by the Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. ,_ 1 1%; Murray, Mrs. Brand, Viscount Torrington, Col. BeeP e ,,',', Mr. Murray, and Major Keppel. The Rev. Jam Anderson read prayers and also preached, taking for Miss Wynyard, text, Phil. iv. 6.—" In everything by prayer and supp l y cation with thanksgiving let your requests be made 10w e unto God." Mr. Gutteridge presided at the organ. choir sang Boyce's service in A, and a psalm compose" d ' s her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta. The We l " and responses were composed by Mr. Gutteridge. Dr. Sir James Clark, physician to the Queen, iS petted down to dinner this evening. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DA DEAL, DEC. 22--Wind S. W., strong breezes, with n' B 7, rain.—Arrived and proceeded for the River the Red ilc ve , Paterson, from China ; Wanstead, Farmkner, Hondu n ra ,:' Tamerlane, M'Kenzie, Calcutta ; Neptune, China ; 13 „ - in t ' Ormiston, Madeira ; Vernon, Davis, ditto. C ame down ' 1 :,'"1„ the River the Rosalind, Fonrose, for Calcutta. Dec. Blowing strong from S. S. W. throughout the day,_ArriLB and proceeded for .the River the Waterloo, Cow, from r dras ; Larkins, C a l cu tt a , h a d b een supp li e d w i t h an aac"l and cable ; Star, J en nin gs , C orunna , or d ere d to Livere' with several others, particulars unknown. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22. Wind S. S. W. 5,t 01 strong breezes and much rain. —Arriv e d, th e O n t a rio, ir_° A New York, sailed o n th e I s t i ns t., on 'th e 20th o ff the LtP7'. spokethe Isabella from Pictou for Newcastle, out 25 °Mit: Her Majesty' s ship R usse ll, f rom Li s b on , sa il e d on the I ' l , inst. ; on the 6th the Charlotte and Ringdove, both of t d John's, New Brunswick, went into Lisbon with damage , be on the 7th the C o nvivi a l, o f P oo l e , w i t h l oss o f ru dder ; ' O , Ocean, Farrow, Seaham ; Galway (packet), Stevens, he r don ; Eclipse (steam er ), R usse ll, D artmout h. Sailed, 4 . Majesty's steamer Megcer a , f or Ply mout h ; P ear l, Sho rne T Ontario, London ; Ari a d ne , F enw i c k, S ea b am , put h 3c the steamer Olyson, for St. Übe's. fre o RAMSGATE, DEC. 22.—Arrived, the John Dam - 0 , London ; Sovereign, P ra tt, R o tt er d am ; H enr i et t a , Me la " l j, Nalens, with loss o f a n ane h or an d ca bl e ; M ars h a ll, Oste P be Off Port, the Eliza, Antwerp, after being on shore nu Goodwin Sands. left MARGATE, DEC. 22.—Arrived o ff th e Sophie, La n g, ra u from Seville ; baC Mina, Miramichi; and Sarah , Quebec , . Ec k Galaka, Proudfoot, from London for Algoa Bay, put from the Downs with loss of an anchor and chain. frail BRISTOL, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Tally-ho, PottS, MessinaGosland, Nantes. NEWPORT, DEC. 23. Sailed the Mary, Muer, fro° statitinople. IFP COWES ' DEC. 23.—Arrived th e Id a , Th oma s, for ' 8 raiso ; and Polomac, White, Batavia LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind S. E., fresh.—Arri ved .d th s: Trio, from Monte Vid eo ; J ess i e , F or d, Mi ram i c hi ; Eg' ; Ostend; Octrea, Seville; Laurentine and Julie, Sc u lor Robert Isaac, Savannah ; Mary Ann, St. John's, Lor d Brunswick ; S u p er i or , Li mer i c k ; Ad venture , do. ; gaded Byron, Droghed a; an d S usan an d J ane , B r idport• sio the Alexander, Scott, fOr Lentin ; Gazelle, Hutchinson,cA. Janeiro ; Mart, Mobile ; and Scotland, Roburg, New d f o rd, SOUTHAMPTON, DE C . 23.—. Ar r iv ed t h e Ll o yd's, 1 3 'n °- from Quebec George Canning, St. Übe's. f CLIDE, DEC. 21.—Arrived the St. Mary, C ur rier, r Jamaica ; Henrietta, Brown, Denia. er, DUBLIN, DEC. 21.—Arrived th e Ci ty o f Limerick; ste a n, from London. itie RAMSGATE, DEC. 23.—A pip e o f g i n , mar ked on each O the bun, as been picked up andanded her. WEYMOUTH. DEC. 23.--A boat , " e , marked Latona, of L°°!.: don, Theophilus S a lt on ,. h as been picked up an d brought l" here. The C ame li on revenue cutter has co e in. much de maged, having b een i n con t act w i t h a sc h oone r off Portiond.e_ MARGATE, DEC. 22.—The Lively, Hanken, from Guernit to London, got on shore this morning on Foreness R ocks, this was assisted off after being lighten e d, an d brought in t° ,, Aar , port. The Classi c s Th eo d o ra, Fi n , f rom A ms terdam 10 '" en scilles, has been supplied with anchor and chain, havingl be n n on the Goodwin Sands, a ft er h av i ng b een run f o ul of v i r to American ship, and br o u g ht i n t o th e R oa d s , w i t h damage hull, sails, rigging, &c. KINGsrowN, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Meyc s , an d HopeW n ' Morris, from Liverpool. HULL, DEC. 22.—Wind S. S. W.—A rr i ve d the Swift, ss' il " son, from Dunkirk; B e lm a , P e tt ers , Ri ga; D e fi ance, O s ten"; Maria, Lewis, do. ; Consort, Armstrong, Hamburg Pr° : duce, Poole, do. ; William Darley (steamer), Deeper, do. Alert, Clarke, do. ; Franklin, do. off th° ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 4.—The ships which were o- London Chest, with the exception of four, supposed to b e ..r ; l Canton, Lady Scott, C ome t, an d a sc h ooner , have all do n to sea with the ice they were fast in, and were out of s i g last evening. The George Canning, Vogues, from Newport for 14 5: to haven, with l oss o f f oremast , an d sa il s sp li t , has Put 1 Portsmouth. The Franklin, Herland, from Hamburgh, arrived at Irt took the ground at the entrance of thei Humber Doc ks; of the ca rgo i s b e i ng di sc h arge d , and it is supposed ab ° float wi'.ll the tide. - - Y) MARKETS.-(THIS DA CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were moderate of Irish Corn, of Foreign Wheat, tolerably good, an d of r much better than of late. The trade was g en ::: of firm during the week. This morning the fresh suPP'; not most descriptions of Corn are small, and to-nlor r° ;, t. being a working day sales were made only to a limited e g .`,4 " , r The best parcels of English Wheat obtained rather "hied prices ,than ti.is day se'nnight ; other kinds fully suPP ° : . n. r ° Na va their previous value, as also did all descriptions of Barley has met a fair sale, and best descriptions v ly obtained is. per quarter advance. Beans solid rather at their last quotations. Pease are dull, and 41 ;11 1 5 . lower. Oats coming in limited quantities, they „, 111. , e — Flour per quarter dearer than this day se'nnight. " e trade continues good, at the terms of last week. Englishlaonadr PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. 40, 4'2°. Wheat, Red (old) (old) —s. White s. (old) .. ............ :dts3S— Red 1838 ) . - - 703. 745. Tick Oiews ............. 4.-0,.4.25. ---- Fine ---- Superfine --White (1838) 70s. 71s. '' 77 :e1 . ... 1 € 1 78 5 7.° ; ; . .. 0 13 — t a li:k i, , H ee :r . r . o .. w: l ( d n l gv . s ................. ' 5'8'.44 : Fine ( ' id) ... ~..... ......... i ...„ ‘1-2 , : . .... -- : 9J O Superfine ........... ..,44... --Foreign free Ryr• , .............. 21,,.. Barley 37.3. 40, --New ............. 0 •. 5j3 ' ........-. Grinding 3.5 s 3Ss p o t a t ........ 2- • 3 35. ee .............. Q,,,,. - Malting rifli. 42.. Malt 504. 583. SCOten .................... 4. cp4ll . il'''' - ' -- Fine New fi fis 665. I r i s h ..... ..... 0 ,70 • Pease, Grey, New ISs. 40s Flour Town (per 5ack)........ 6 ,..6.:0• Maple New loi, 425, Seconds .................. 8,.1;2t -- White 4625 : 48!i-,:* Poland ew . ...................... ......, ..... ,304 . : 4fis 503. .....ssio- North Country ..... —, 1I , • - Boilers s °'• 52, Bran .............................. 20 ' I:. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAsT pout , I Wheat. Ba r l e y. oats. ;„3 :act 6,005 irs. I: 6,161 qrs. 1,5%04x3 ( , o ` - ' 7,571 • 10 bri s ' ---. English Irish,: ore go . 18,304 1 - 1 ITFIELD. mostly th° ,l s° - The cattle at market this m - 111 . 2' WCIr . r va T no t g 0 . 0, ,, Which were lest unsold last week. u ' ll Th o snow hi g her was dull, and prices rather declining. All the ff mas Beef is now disposed of ; none to-day wa s - 'but o than 41. 4d. p er s t one. Ch o i ce M utton ss . ; veal scar ce tw much inquired a ft er . B ee f 3s. 4 d . to 4s. 4d. ; g u t o. 3s. lod. to 55. : Veal s s . t o s s. Bd. ; Pork 4s. 6d' t o ss. Beasts 1,076 ; Sh ee p 7,6 36 ; Pigs 170 ; CITY FISH MARKET. rig Cod were remarkably fine at market t o -day, and pal ranged from 2 s . 6d. to B s. an d 10s. an d 12s. each. T o " et 53. and 7s. t o 20 s , 25 5. and 30a. ; Soles, 9d- to 35. a c p b ; pair ; Lobst ers , I s . to 4s. eac h • Whiting,:3l to 6d. e Ha Other ddock, sd. and 7d. steady, 10d. last markets are without any alteration from prices. Calves 26. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE, Dgc. 22. t he Our market was well supplied with Wheat to-day to,rado, interior, as w e ll as co astwise, and the w h o l e met a ft" o f mand, at an advance of 2s. to 3a. p'ar quarter, on the prieeoS,l_ this day se'nnight. Barley was taken o ff f ree ly at our clo d L ot tions, though the arrivals arc very l arge . F o r Rye we b a 11 0 so much enquiry, but thefew sales effected were at last wee., h. , rates. Oats were in good supply, an d pr i ce s remained 0. " d out alteration. In Malt, as we ll as peatis and Pease , we e 11 „,, a no change. Flour was in more request t o -day, and in a°-- instances commanded Is. per qr. more money. Oht. ew. Wheat, Northunikrland 6lf. 81s. ...... 72e. F 2.1 -- Norfolk and Sulfolk 7 s 8 1 a... .. 78 , Sts. •- Berwick and Sc o t c h... .....• 7ls. 785 .. . ..... -- s• ''' & Foreign ......... ~ ......, ... ........... 4. Rye, Nerfelk and Suffolk 'Foreign s. -4....... - 8 . --s ' y Barley, Matting, Norfolk and Suffolk 4os. 43a ...... --s. -- . 4 . :-;:::--- Grinding and F ee di ng :as. 3.53. ..... .. 4 ' -.-.: ? ' 1 , 1 ‘ lt, NorliAk and Suffolk 6os 61s. -'s• - 1 ?waits, Small -s. -s 475 50+. -- - Tick • 453 493. Pease, White 4Ss 5 `s. .... -s• ---''' „, Oats, Northumberland, Potato,. --------- Feed Foreign ... —s. Flour (per sack) s9s. Gis ...... --s. --s• The Earl and Countess of Miuto entertained NI Chas. Adam, Hon. Captain and Lady Charlotte Berkeley, Sir William Parker, Sir T. Trowbridge, Mr. Chas. W ood, and a sele c t p ar ty a t di nner o n Saturday evening, at tb ° Admiralty. The Noble Earl, accompanied by Sir Thos. Troubridge, Sir C. Adam, &c., visited the dockyard at Woolwich on Saturday morning.